-1Eric waited patiently for Blair. The whole day guys in his class were asking how the former queen B had asked him to the prom. He just smiled, he didn't want to accidentally say things that would embarrass Blair. He was waiting on the Mets steps. People all around were tuning into Gossip Girl. All you could here was "Chuck and Blair." Finally he saw Blair approaching him.
"Eric! Sorry I kept you waiting."
"No problem."
They started walking and Eric called a taxi. They got in and went to a tux store that Blair had heard was good. They walked in and immediately Blair started picking out stuff for him. He just stood there not knowing what to say. She rushed him into a dressing room throwing a couple tuxedos at him. He stepped out after trying the one that Blair had said she loved the most.
"Eric! You look so good."
He just smiled and then checked himself out in the mirror. The sales person that had been helping them smiled and spoke.
"If I was a girl, I would find you utterly attractive."
He winked at Eric. Eric looked at the ground. This guy is making me uncomfortable, he thought. Blair could see he was feeling weird and shoved all the rest of the tuxedos in the sales person's arms.
"Thank you. That will be all."
She shooed the sales person away. Eric just smiled. He then continued to look at himself in the mirror. Who would have ever thought that he would be escorting the Queen B. It just didn't make sense to him.
"Blair, you don't have to go with me if you don't want to. I don't want people making fun of you."
"Eric, I asked you. I wanted to go with you. I don't care what people have to say about me."
He just smiled. It was very rare that Blair would say something sincere. It almost made him feel special.
"Come on. Let's go pay for that and get some dinner. I'm starving."
"Sure."
They paid for the tux and walked to a near by restaurant. He heard the camera flashes going off, but decided not to tell Blair, he didn't need her getting worried about mindless gossip.
"So why did you ask me?"
Blair was thrown off guard.
"What?"
"Come on just tell me. Why did you ask me to the prom??
"I asked you because you seemed like you wanted to go. And you're a nice guy. I would rather go with a nice guy than a jerk."
He smiled.
"Thanks."
She smiled. After they had eaten, she decided to drop him off.
"You guys are still living at the Palace?"
"Yeah. My mom wants to be as close as she can to Bart."
"Who wouldn't want to be close to Bart."
They laughed. Again, Eric heard the sound of camera flashes going off. They stepped inside the hotel.
"Want to go to the bar? I don't feel like going back to the suite yet. Anyways Serena is out with Dan and it's awkward being alone with my mom."
"Sure."
They walked into the bar. Blair stopped in her tracks after seeing four people she really didn't feel like seeing at that moment. Eric saw them too.
"Come on Blair, we can sit far away from them."
Blair followed him, but she still felt the eyes of the four burning her neck.